It's definitely opened up many doors professionally for me. I really love to work with them, they are my family. They're great, I love them. I always wanted to work for Victoria's Secret and I really enjoy it.

Q: You had a role in the short film The Hire with Clive Owen. Did you enjoy it and would you like to act more in the future?

Yes, maybe in the future. Why not? Right now I'm modeling, so I'm really focused on that. We'll see where it'll take me.

Q: Were fashion and modeling always a passion of yours?

Actually, I never really thought I would be a model. I never knew a lot about fashion and magazines and I never paid attention to it. I was a young girl though.

Adriana stands at 5'10" and her reported measurements are 33-23-33.

Q: Did you like having your picture taken?

Actually, not at all. When I was young, around 5, I was crying in all the pictures of me. I did not like the flash, it scared me!

I was in school with my best friend and she had a magazine with an ad about a modeling contest. She wanted to send in a picture and she asked if I would send it with her. So we sent in our pictures and they called me. So it started with a contest.

Q: And this was in Brazil?

It started in Brazil but it finished in Miami. It was an international modeling agency.

Q: Do you go back to Brazil often?

Yes, actually I was just there three weeks ago.

Q: Do you still have a lot of family there?

Yes, but my mom is always traveling back and forth, visiting me wherever I am.

Q: So what do you miss most about Brazil?

The ocean! My family, of course, No. 1, my family. The ocean, the heat, the food. I love the food!

Q: How do people treat you back home? Are you a big celebrity in your hometown?

I was the first model from my area to make it, so they're very proud. But they treat me like a regular person and that makes it nice to go back.

Q: What is it about Brazil and supermodels, or even women in general? Is there something in the water?

I don't know! I don't know what it is. It's our heart. It must be the culture. We're always happy! Brazil is really poor, but religious, and friends and family are so important. People have extremely warm spirits.

Q: Has your fame given you the opportunity to help people in ways you would not otherwise be able to?

Yes, absolutely! I help orphanages back home.

Q: Adriana, our time is about up, so let me ask if you could please give a shout out to all our readers out there who voted for you as our Most Desirable Woman of 2005. What do you have to say to the thousands of people who chose you?

Well, I'm so thankful, it's so flattering. I never really thought I would come this far and it's thanks to all the people who have supported me. There are no words to properly express what I feel in my heart really. It's all thanks to them. So bless them, bless them.